Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-09-12

John Curett, son of Delegate T. Spicer
Curlett, of Lancaster. has successfully pass.
ed examination "a n naval cadet at Annapo-
liz, Nd.
Capt. Edward Graham, treasurer and gen.
eral manager of the Gid Dominion Cotton
Mills. of Manchester. died yesterday, aged
about 60 years.
On tho return of tho Vicar General Rev.
w. CASTOR Payne will proceed 10 Norfolk as
assistant to Rev. John E. Doherty, the late
pastor of st. Patrick's church of Richmond.
A Danyile dispatch says the weather in
the Upright tobacco region" is said to be the
finest ever known in growing crop of to-
bacco, and the crop will be of excellent
quality"
Bepismin Cave, brother.in low OF ex-
Gov. kemper, of Madison county, commit
ted suicide Saturday night about o'clock
by taking morphine. No cause ia assigned
for the act.
Hon. H. r. Pollard peremptorily de-
clined the democratic nomination for the
House of Delegates from King and Queen
county On Saturday and the convention post
poned further action.
A colony of four hundred Mormon imini-
grants were landed at Norfolk on Saturday
from the Old Dominion steamer Richmond,
and were in charge OF eight Mormon elders.
They left in the afternoon for Utah.
The city democratic committee of Rich.
mond, at meeting on Saturday, postponed
the legislative primaries, which had been
fixed for September 10, to October g. The
postponement was made at the request OF
all the organized democratic clubs of the
| city.
Rev. Dr. Peyton Harrison well-known in
Virginia and Maryland rs Presbyterian
minister, died on Saturday at his residence,
in Baltimore, aged 81 years. He was ma
tive of Lexington, where he will he buried.
For number of years he lived SIS retired
citizen Of Baltimore.
The northern bound passenger train on
the valley division of the B. & 0. 4. K.
Jumped the track at Timberville on Satur-
day. The tender, express, postal and beg
gage were thrown from the track, and part
| of the smoker was derailed. The other pas
senger cars, as we'll as the engine remained
on the track. No person was hurt.
The second annual fair of the Colored
Agricultural and Industrial Association OF
| Virginia will opeE on the grounds near Pc.
tersburg on tho 18th Of October next, and
continue until the 18th. On the fifth day
of the fair the colored militia of the State
will have competitive drill for two prizes,
which will be presented to the two best
drilled companies by Gov. Lee. who will al
30 review them.
A disease similar TO meningitis has been
raging among the horses in the northern
part of Accomac for some weeks, and many
valuable horses have died from it, Thus
far it has hsfied the ingenuity of the local
horse doctors and surgeons, and animals
continue to die. They are taken with some
thing like the blind staegers, and while
some nanags to pull through, the large
majority never recover.
large two story log house on the farm
of DR.. Joseph levin, about mile east OF
Woodstock, Shenandoah county, and occu.
pied by VIM. Hooper, was totally destroyed
by fire yesterday evening. Nearly all the
household property was burned. The fire
is thouehtto have originated from burn
ing chimney. None of the family were at
home at the time, having gone to visit o
neighbor. Loss about $500. No insurance.